Used with permission from www.cdnsuperbike.com: Jennings Test Belongs to Picotte Pascal PicotteThe first official Parts Canada Superbike Championship pre-season test session at Jennings GP in North Florida belonged to Pascal Picotte. After setting the fastest overall time on Monday afternoon, and the top 600 and Superbike times this morning, the Picotte Performance Yamaha rider was once again on fire during the last leg of the 2-day test. Mid-afternoon, Picotte turned a lap a mere 0.4-seconds off the outright track lap record. Dunlop slick equipped Picotte set the overall fastest lap of 1:15.959, as timed by the official series Yamaha dBcom Timing System, half-way through this afternoon’s session on his brand new 2005 Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike The official Jennings GP lap record, a 1:15.5, was set in January by Robert Jensen on a Michelin shod Yamaha. With a busy two days of chassis set up for four Yamahas, Picotte wasn’t inclined to hunt for the Jennings outright marker, even though he got oh-so-close. The fastest Hindle 600 Sport Bike time of the afternoon (1:16.704) also went to Picotte’s R6. The reigning quadruple National Champ was sporting his new “race replica” leathers that will be available – with the Picotte Jester on the back – through both American Yamaha and Yamaha Canada. Francis MartinSecond fastest this afternoon was DXS Diablo Suzuki rider Francis Martin, knocking more than a second off his best time from this morning with a 1:16.764 on the brand-new GSX-R1000. Coming off a rough outing at Daytona, Martin looked re-energized following a productive two days aboard the third generation, new for 2005 “Gixxer.” Martin rode for Suzuki Canada on the Parts Canada tour from 2001 through 2003. Popular un-retired American veteran Tom Kipp was able to work out some of the “chatter” issues with the immaculate Canadian Kawasaki ZX-10R to end the day with the third fastest Superbike time of 1:17.586. Diablo rider Steve Crevier rode his street stock Honda CBR1000RR to the fourth quickest time of 1:18.202. This time for the six time Canadian Superbike Champion was slightly slower than the 1:18.200 set on his CBR600RR – the same bike he will race at the AMA round at Barber Motorsport Park next weekend. Crevier had both AMA Xtreme spec and Supersport CBR600RRs at his disposal during the Jennings sessions. Canadian Kawasaki’s Matt McBride dropped his Superbike time to a 1:20.187 from this morning’s 1:20.240 on the ZX-10R, but didn’t better his 600 Sport Bike time from the morning session. It was another scorcher of a day at Jennings, with outside temperature in the low 80’s (ºF) and a track temperature again hovering around the 118ºF (48ºC) mark. Tuesday Afternoon Lap Times from Testing at Jennings GP: 1. Pascal Picotte (Yam YZF-R1) 1:15.959 2. Pascal Picotte (Yam YZF-R6) 1:16.750 3. Francis Martin (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:16.764 4. Tom Kipp (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:17.586 5. Steve Crevier (Hon CBR600RR) 1:18.200 6. Steve Crevier (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:18.202 7. Matt McBride (Kaw ZX6-RR) 1:19.423 8. Matt McBride (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:20.187 Combined times from Monday and Tuesday’s Parts Canada Superbike Championship pre-season testing at Jennings GP in North Florida: 1. Pascal Picotte (Yamaha 1000) 1:15.941, 19 total laps 2. Pascal Picotte (Yamaha 600) 1:16.704, 40 total laps 3. Francis Martin (Suzuki 1000) 1:16.764, 79 total laps 4. Tom Kipp (Kawasaki 1000) 1:17.586, 42 total laps 5. Frank Trombino (Yamaha 600) 1:17.929, 55 total laps 6. Steve Crevier (Honda 600) 1:18.192, 29 total laps 7. Steve Crevier (Honda 1000) 1:18.202, 57 total laps 8. Tom Kipp (Kawasaki 600) 1:18.563, 64 total laps 9. Matt McBride (Kawasaki 600) 1:18.583, 96 total laps 10. Andrew Nelson (Honda 600) 1:19.558, 99 total laps 11. Frank Trombino (Yamaha 1000) 1:19.608, 17 total laps 12. Matt McBride (Kawasaki 1000) 1:19.936, 37 total laps 13. Rudy Raposo (Kawasaki 1000) 1:21.430, 36 total laps